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11-06-2011, 06:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Iowa | | | What Acoustic horns do I have here?
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Iv had these horns for quite some time and need them gone. But I have no idea if they are worth messing with or just donate them to a school or something.
Acoustic 24" horns.. Are they worth trying to sell? Asking price?
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11-06-2011, 07:08 PM
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Owner, Bill Fitzmaurice Loudspeaker Design | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Hampshire | | | The cellular midrange horns could be Altec, Community, EV, JBL, there were quite a few sources for those in the 70s. The six tweeters are Motorola piezos, but they should not be mounted as they are, half to each side of the midhorn, the resulting comb filtering would be horrid. As they are not worth much, but depending on what the sectoral horns are and what drivers are on them those might have value, especially if they turn out to be desireable hi-fi models. |
11-06-2011, 07:57 PM
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11-06-2011, 08:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Diego CA. | | | can you open the back, or remove the horn? The driver should tell you what you have. |
11-06-2011, 08:54 PM
| | | | my ears hurt just looking at the picture.
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11-07-2011, 01:05 AM
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11-07-2011, 05:32 AM
|  | Hey, what does this knob do? | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New Hampshire | | | Wow. Time warp. Those look like the 500 Hz cutoff horns Altec used in the old 1208. We ran those and the smaller 800 Hz ones with the companion Altec drivers back in the mid 1970s. For the era, and for the money, they weren't that bad. Very spitty, but they could get reasonably loud if you knew what you were doing. For today, eh, not so great. I would pull both horns and see what the drivers are. If they're what was considered quality back then, you might have something that has some residual value to it, IF the diaphragms aren't blown out. (Out of the lot, the drivers will have the most potential resale value.) Otherwise I would donate them or recycle them for metal scrap. |
11-07-2011, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM  Johnny A from Staind would like them | lol ! 
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11-07-2011, 06:20 AM
| | bassist for staind | | | | | tell us what the drivers are, they might be worth a few bucks.
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11-09-2011, 06:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Metro Atlanta, Ga. | | | go to the un-official site
Try this... http://www.unofficialacousticcontrol...board.yuku.com
Don't be misled by the UN-Official moniker. Folks there really know ACOUSTIC products inside and out, especially the vintage stuff. This is where some of the actual original designers respond frequently. Link to this site and inquire. You will get KNOWLEDGEABLE replies.
Also, there is an acoustic users club on TB. Some of the original designers work for George Grexa of Acoustic USA.
Good luck...zon6c-f. AKA: "rikfenzon" on "unofficial" acoustic site.
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Reason: Fixed URL
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11-09-2011, 06:52 AM
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Owner, Bill Fitzmaurice Loudspeaker Design | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Hampshire | | Quote:
Originally Posted by zon6c-f Try this...
Folks there really know ACOUSTIC products inside and out, especially the vintage stuff. . | Possibly, but it's a lot easier to just take the midhorns out of those boxes and post pics. Chances are the components will be labeled anyway. As a finished product IMO those horns have virtually no value. What's inside might be a different story. |
11-09-2011, 02:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Iowa | | Thanks everyone. When the band I was in broke up we all inherited a bunch of junk sounds like. Removing the horns and hanging them for decoration might "look" cool. lol http://unofficialacousticcontrolcorp.../#.TrrwA3I2C9s
I took some pics with the back off. I don't think they will help since I didn't see anything stamped or written on the drivers. At least on the back. Heavy as hell!
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11-09-2011, 02:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Metro Atlanta, Ga. | | WHO SAID I COULD TYPE?....OR SPELL LOL..
STAINDBASS.. TRY THIS LINK... http://www.unofficialacousticcontrol...board.yuku.com
Seriously good site for serious Acoustic products: Vintage, AC USA/ George Grexa AKA Vetchhking [ so much doubt and hate on TB regarding poor George, now Flea owns 4 double cab units!! more to come]...and GC Acoustic Amplification.
ENJOY: Links to products sorted by vintage, speaker size, pics,users, pics etc. This is where I learned about AC 320/ 408..AND TALKBASS!! I have received responses from original designers, THE HARVEY GERTZ.. product users , now friends form all across the globe.
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Reason: Fixed the link
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11-09-2011, 02:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Metro Atlanta, Ga. | | | one more time....
All..
Sorry for my poor INTERNET skills...
TRY THIS....Simply enter: Acoustic Control Corp in your search bar.
First site is it..I just tried it...GOOD LUCK... |
11-09-2011, 02:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Metro Atlanta, Ga. | | | You're welcome rebar. Although the site seems vast initially considering it's a single focus site. Sometimes it is sparsely visited, unlike TB.
A little patience is required: Sometimes a post may not be responded to as quickly as on here...and sometimes just as fast. Kinda like fishing...sometimes it's more waitin' than fishin'.... |
11-09-2011, 03:24 PM
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Owner, Bill Fitzmaurice Loudspeaker Design | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Hampshire | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rebar I don't think they will help since I didn't see anything stamped or written on the drivers. At least on the back. Heavy as hell! | Pull that stuff all the way out. I don't recognize the drivers, but can't see all of them either, and I can't see any of the horn. When you get it out fully visible post your pics here too, where they're likely to recognize anything of value: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum |
11-09-2011, 03:41 PM
|  | Life is Tough. Laugh more. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by zon6c-f WHO SAID I COULD TYPE?....OR SPELL LOL..
STAINDBASS.. TRY THIS LINK... unofficial acoustic control corp forum Forums
Seriously good site for serious Acoustic products: Vintage, AC USA/ George Grexa AKA Vetchhking [ so much doubt and hate on TB regarding poor George, now Flea owns 4 double cab units!! more to come]...and GC Acoustic Amplification.
ENJOY: Links to products sorted by vintage, speaker size, pics,users, pics etc. This is where I learned about AC 320/ 408..AND TALKBASS!! I have received responses from original designers, THE HARVEY GERTZ.. product users , now friends form all across the globe. | I fixed the link. I used to frequent that site years ago when before it was on Yuku.
'Poor George'.  Mr Vetchking sure is spamming the heck out of that site.
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11-09-2011, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Iowa | | I would have to cut the wires to remove the horn. With a mirror, I found The horn is a altec model 511B. http://www.altecpro.com/pdfs/vintage...0HF%20Horn.pdf
But the driver from the inside says model... then nothing where the model# should have been stamped. |
11-09-2011, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rebar I would have to cut the wires to remove the horn. With a mirror, I found The horn is a altec model 511B. | KA-CHING! Worth major bucks to the right person. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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